Investigating the Images of "Home" in Sohrab Sepehri’s Poetry through Bachelard’s Phenomenology of Imagination

“Home” is a key concept in literal imagination through which different imaginations are formed. Through the image of home in poetry different notions like identity, intimacy, belonging, the spatiality of the being (Heidegger), place seeking of the soul (Bachelard), the unification of psychological entity (Schultz) and the image of Mandala or centralization of unconscious (in Jung psychology) is formed. Home is the birthplace of the most important images which is seen in poetry and prose and is full of romantic perception of the world. This image finds particular perceptions in accordance with every poet's worldview, and the understanding of these images is a crucial path in the understanding of inner world and imagination of every poet. This paper is aims to understand the image and meaning of home to Sohrab Sepehri. Through the classification of his poetry into three different phases, this paper investigates the approach to and understanding of Sohrab from the concept of home through studying and analyzing his poetry and the unfinished book of Blue Room.